Nepeta. | CXII. LABIATH. (J. D. Hooker.) 659 
WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Murree, Fleming, to Gurwhal, alt. 
15,000 ft., Strachey & Winterbottom. WESTERN TIBET; Iskardo, alt. 12,000 ft., 
Clarke.—DrsTRIB. Caucasus. 
Stem 8-18 in. Leaves j-l in., tomentose beneath. Corolla i-$ in. long. 
Nutlets nearly y, in. long, trigonous.— The largest Indian specimens are taller, 
stouter and more branched than the Caucasian, and the flowers are smaller, but the 
remarkable long narrow seeds are quite the same. 
*** Leaves distinctly petioled, entire or crenate. 
10. N. spicata, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 64, Lab. 470, and in 
DC. Prodr. xii. 372; stem erect branched glabrous hoary or pubescent, 
leaves petioled ovate- or triangular-cordate acute coarsely crenate or serrate, 
spike oblong or cylindric, bracts ovate or lanceolate awned, calyx sessile 
iin. scabrid, teeth slender as long as the tube ciliate or hispid. Wall. 
Cat. 2083; Bot. Mag. t. 6405 (starved form). Betonica levigata, Don 
Prodr. 110. 
WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 6—12,000 ft. 
—Disrris. Affghanistan. . 
Stem 1-3 ft., with often spreading branches. Leaves 14-4 by 1-3 in., glabrous 
or pubescent or hoary beneath; petiole 1-3 in. Spike 2-4 in., stout or slender, 
often interrupted; bracts very variable. Flowers as in N. campestris, pale blue.— 
Bentham’s var. elata seems only a large state. 
€t y. N. lamiopsis, Benth. mss.; stems ascending subsimple flaccid 
sparsely hairy, leaves few sessile or petioled broadly ovate-cordate obtuse 
coarsely crenate, floral large, whorls dense-fld., lower axillary, upper in ovoid 
spikes, bracts orbicular and green crenate or narrower or linear, calyx 3 in. 
pubescent, mouth oblique, teeth slender diverging as long as the tube, 
nutlets broadly oblong. 
ALPINE SIKKIM HIMALAYA; alt. 12-16,000 ft., J. D. H. . . 
Stems succulent, 6-18 in. Leaves 1-14 in., flaccid ; petiole 0-3 in., floral sessile 
Avillary whorls few, much shorter than the leaves, terminal in an ovoid spike 
3-14 in.; bracts sometimes all linear. Corocla deep blue, tube twice as long as the 
calyx, limb small. Nuétlets about ty in. long. — Habit of a Lamium. 
12. N. raphanorhiza, Benth. Lab. 734, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 973; 
rootstock tuberous, stems weak ascending glabrous or villous, leaves small 
petioled broadly ovate or ovate-cordate obtuse crenate or toothed, spikes 
short ovoid, bracts ovate to lanceolate, calyx à in. sessile, teeth lanceolate 
ciliate shorter than the tube. 
WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; Kashmir to Chamba, alt. 5-12,000 ft., 
acquemont, &c.— . hanistan. 
Stems ang from S rlobose Gack rootstock as large as a nut or walnut, diffuse or 
ascending, 6-18 in. high, simple or branched. Leaves 3-1 in., sometimes nearly as 
broad; petiole half their length. Spikes 1 in. and less, pubescent or villous. „owe 
Smaller than in the preceding species, with shorter teeth. Corolla purplish blue, 
tube twice as long as the calyx, slender.—Roots eaten. 
13. N. discolor, Benth. in Hook. Bot. Mise. iii. 378, Lab. 470, and in 
DC. Prodr. xii. 373 ; "rootstock elongate, stems weak ascending glabrous or 
villous, leaves small petioled broadly ovate or ovate-cordate crenate, spl es 
ovoid or cylindric, bracts elliptic mucronate, calyx } in. sessile villous, tee 1 
liform as long as the tube. N. Sabinei, T. A. Schmidt in Trim. Journ. 
Bot. 1868, 238, t. 82, f. 1-4. 
Western TEMPERATE and ALPINE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Gurwhal 
and Western TIBET, alt. 10-15,000 ft.—DISTRIB. Affghanistan. v232 
